Remembering Yitzak Rabin

Yitzhak Rabin was a good son of Israel who served his country with honor and dedication. His assassination was a heinous crime and the killer, Yigal Amir, should have been executed. However, the deification of Rabin by the Israeli Left is a gross insult to his memory, as the motive is purely political.

But there is no need for those many citizens who mourn and respect Rabin, yet reject defeatism, appeasement and self-flagellation, to abandon his legacy.

Let us remember the man whose military record was excellent, and who built a war machine which defeated three Arab armies in six days.

Let us remember the man who said at the start of the 1987 intifada, that we will break their bones.

Let us remember the man who warned that Israel should never give up the Jordan Valley.

Let us remember the man who warned the nation that would-be president Shimon Peres was an inveterate schemer.

And let us all remember the man who, when asked what would happen if the Palestinians attacked us from the areas we turn over to them, said: That will mean the end of them.

Rabin's legacy is too big to be squeezed into the Left's corner.

Gay Parade Goes Ahead

Police Chief Insp.-Gen. Moshe Karadi said Monday that 12,000 policemen would be deployed to man the Jerusalem Gay Pride Parade scheduled for this Friday.

Karadi told Israel Radio that his forces would need to receive reinforcements from elsewhere in the country, adding that resultant weakening of forces in other areas was part of the consideration in urging a cancellation of the march.

Israel's Police Chief said that although he respected the right any group's freedom of expression and its right to march, he advised against the Gay Pride Parade going ahead because the tremendous risk to public safety overrode this right.

"We had to weigh up freedom of expression on the one hand against human life on the other, but unfortunately (Attorney-General Menahem) Mazuz told us to find another alternative to canceling the march altogether," Karadi told Israel Radio.

Police were expected to hold emergency meetings early Monday morning with representatives of the Open House, which organizes the Jerusalem Gay Pride Parade, to try to reach an agreement on an alternative route for the march in light of the surprise decision by Mazuz on Sunday evening to deny police requests to suspend the march.

Gay Pride in the Holy Land

There's more to the upcoming "Gay Pride" demonstration in Jerusalem than meets the eye.

For years, the capital's gay community has sought acceptance in a city that claims to represent Judaism's best values - tolerance, peace and acceptance of "the other." No segment of Jerusalem's diverse population has faced as intense and sustained assault on its existence as the Holy City's gay community.

For this and other reasons, Jerusalem - more than any city in Israel - stands in dire need of a lesson in tolerance and diversity. This lesson - and not an ostentatious display of sexuality - is the driving force behind the parade.

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Where is the CIA?

Salah Choudhury, the Bangladeshi journalist, is facing the death penalty because he is positive about Israel. We must use all necessary means to get him out of there and show the world that we care about people who are enlightened and courageous and willing to tell the truth to the Islamic people.

Where is the Mossad? Where is the CIA? Where are the UN delegates to speak out against this horrible injustice and for Choudhury. We must make a terrible outcry.

Let's not miss this opportunity to show the Islamic world that we care about a man who tells the truth and are against those who spread hatred for it's own sake. Bring this case before the UN now!